Opening documents...

[david_fryda2]

Hi everyone,

I'd like to open files like word, excel, pdf, gif,...

Is this possible with WebDynPro or do I have to use special APIs from Java ?

Thanks a lot.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

To open files like doc and excel through WebDynpro we have the Office Control UI element.

Similarly we have the Interactive form UI element to open the PDF files.

We can also use file download element to download the required file and open the same.

Revert back for further clarifications.

Regards,

Vijith

[Former Member]

You can use Adobe Interactive forms for that.

Regards, Anilkumar

[david_fryda2]

Thanks everyone.

I used the LinkToURL UI element.

I can open any document I want.

Thanks for your help.

[Former Member]

HI David,

I have a requirement to open PDF files using a link. The files should reside on the server, I have created a the folder hierarchy as /usr/sap/mydocs and pasted the PDF test.pdf into it. The 'reference' I've mentioned is /usr/sap/mydocs/test.pdf but it doesn't open the file. (It says resource is not found!)

Could you please tell me how you achieved this?

Thanks in advance,

Chaitanya

[Former Member]

hello Chaitanya,

try giving the whole path from the root directory. ie c:/user....../test.pdf.

regards,

Rajeev.

[Former Member]

Create an alias in the Visual Administrator, this will make the folder available over http (HTTP Provider service).

[Former Member]

Dear Rajeev/Pascal,

Thanks a lot for the replies.

I have my WAS setup in a HP Unix machine and I have created the folder structure /usr/sap/mydocs in it and gave the path from root only.

Pascal, could you please tell me how to use visual administrator. (I'm new to webdynpro )

Regards,

Chaitanya

[Former Member]

The Visual Administrator is a tool that is installed with the Web AS, located in /usr/sap/<SID>/JC00/j2ee/admin/. There's a "go" script available in there. Once it starts, you need to logon, and then browse to Cluster -> Server -> Services -> HTTP Provider. Select the Aliases tab on the right side and create your alias (ie. chaitanya), which will then become available over http as http://<hostname>:<port>/chaitanya.

[Former Member]

Hi Chaitanya,

1. Create the PDF file (eg. output.pdf) to some location in the server (eg: usr/sap/mydocs)

2. Create a HTTP alias(eg. chaitanya) in the Visual Adminsitrator pointing to the file location (eg: usr/sap/mydocs).

3. Set the linkToURL reference property to http://<<servername>>:50000/chaitanya/<<PDF file name>>

For creating the HTTP alias refer to the blog "Creating an HTTP Alias in WAS"

/people/renjith.andrews/blog/2005/03/31/creating-an-http-alias-in-was

Hope this solves your problem.

Regards,

Santhosh.C

[Former Member]

Pascal/Santhosh,

Thank you very much for the replies. I did as you advised and I'm able to resolve the issue.

Thanks again,

Chaitanya

[Former Member]

.... It would be nice to reward people for their efforts to help you solve your issue...

[Former Member]

Hi Pascal,

Since my issue wasn't posted as a question I don't see the stars to reward points.

Very sorry for that.

Chaitanya

[Former Member]

hello David,

u can opend MS documents using OfficeControl UIE. the files should be present in the server and the client can open it in client side.

regards,

Piyush.

[david_fryda2]

Hi Piyush,

What about other files that are not MS (like PDF) ?

Thanks.